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1996 Map of Pozega Lakes

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Pozega Lakes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1998
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1998

About this map

The high ridges of the Deerlodge National Forest dominate this mountain landscape at the boundary of Granite and Powell counties. The area is defined by its deep history of resource extraction, with multiple industrial footprints scattered across the terrain, including the Powell Mines, the Tungsten Mine, and numerous unnamed Mines and Prospects. A central human-interest landmark is Danielsville (Site), a former settlement along Racetrack creek that speaks to the era of early mountain mining camps.

Water is the other defining characteristic of the sheet, which features a dense network of high-altitude basins and alpine lakes. From Big Pozega Lake and Little Pozega Lake to the clusters of Trask Lakes and Meadow Lakes, the map illustrates a landscape carved by glacial activity. The topographic detail follows the steep rise toward Racetrack Peak and the drainage patterns of Dempsey Creek and the South Fork Rock Creek, offering a precise view of this Montana wilderness as it was surveyed in the 1990s.